Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake. — Alexander McCall Smith
It struck me, sharp and hard, that I had been given so many chances to save my soul that my entire life had been constructed… — Anne Rice
It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out… — Anthony Trollope
Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage… — Armstrong Williams
If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation. — Charles Spurgeon
We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want. — Don Mattingly
Temptation cannot exist without the concurrence of inclination and opportunity. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes. — Henry Ward Beecher
Temptations are enemies outside the castle seeking entrance. If there be no false retainer within who holds treacherous parley, there can scarcely be even an… — Henry Ward Beecher
A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat… — Henry Ward Beecher
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. Whoever yields to temptation debases himself with a debasement from which he can never arise. — Horace Mann
Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall. — James Joyce
That free will was demonstrated in the placing of temptation before man with the command not to eat of the fruit of the tree which… — Kenneth Scott Latourette
It's obviously a lot harder to try and be a good guy than it is to be a bad guy. The world is a fundamentally… — Michael Shannon
Temptations are as thick as the leaves of the forest, and no one can be out of the reach of temptation unless he is dead.… — Robert Green Ingersoll
'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome. — William Penn
Lately I was near the beehives and some of the bees flew onto my face. I wanted to raise my hand, and brush them off.… — Saint Francis de Sales
If you do not feel deserving of happiness, consciously or subconsciously, or if you have accepted the idea that happiness is somehow wrong or cannot… — Nathaniel Branden
After an error you need not only to remove the causes but also to correct the error itself: after a sin you must not only,… — C.S. Lewis
Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how "open" you are, you'll end up surrounded by "yes people." It's hard not to… — Tom Peters
Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable. — Leonid Shamkovich
The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor even… — Jacques Chirac
I resisted the temptation to turn around and stick out my tongue in derision at Beliquose. After all, there was no telling when or if… — Peter David
Temptation is a dress rehearsal for a karmic experience of negativity. — Gary Zukav
Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within. — Jim Elliot

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